Clinton Scollard. See note on “Montgomery at Quebec.”
The incident described in this ballad occurred during the battle of
Santa Ana, fought on the 5th of February, 1899, and resulting in the
total rout of General Ricarti’s division of the Filipino army. The
signal-man who performed the daring deed was Lieutenant Charles E.
Kilbourne, Jr.
Paco is a small town south, and slightly east, of Manila.
In Time of Peace.